Grischuk beats Gelfand in blitz to become the final member of the final four along with Aronian, Bacrot, and Ponomariov. I wish the matches moved to four games at this point. In the second section Vallejo Pons fended off van Wely's piece sacrifice to win and keep Spanish hopes alive for a place in the candidates matches. The official site has many interesting interviews to check out. Funny to see in the Bologan interview that the old myth of supercomputers in "Kasparov's secret laboratory" is still alive. (Suggested by the interviewer and dismissed by Bologan, in case you're too lazy to RTFA.)
The translation from Russian is generally pretty bad, though.
Just one example. When Bologan is asked:
What About Aronian? He is winning all matches.
He starts his answer (in Russian):
Good point.
It is translated:
He just get a good advise every time.
The translation from Russian is generally pretty bad, though.
Just one example. When Bologan is asked:
What About Aronian? He is winning all matches.
He starts his answer (in Russian):
Good point.
It is translated:
He just get a good advise every time.
I enjoyed Grischuk's positional crush of Gelfand with white. The whole b5/Qd3/Bd2/Bb4 maneuver was really appealing, a roll-with-the-punches counter to Gelfand's kingside counterplay.
Attention, members of the audience:
Due to unforseen circumstances beyond our control, the evening screening of the feature film "Searching for Rustam Kasimjanov" is cancelled. We tried to show you this movie, we really did. But despite our best efforts, the semifinal is manned entirely by 2700+ players.
We apologize for this inconvenience.
Sincerely,
FIDE administration
hey, don't forget Kasimjanov has been 2700+....
Grischuk, Aronian, Bacrot and Ponomariov.
Is the "new generation" taking over?
I think it's just the style of play. Us young folks can handle lots of short games better than you old geezers. :)
Now if they played at a reasonable time control...